Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-12-12
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
,soeeiaI Cor. OF the Alexandria GAZETTE. !


RIcaMoND, Va. Dec. IL. 1SS7.-Speaker
Csrdwell is overwhelmed with applications
for positions as pages in .he House. No
!ess than thirty or forty boys are seeking
these posi- ioas am ong them are nearly all of
tic cd pages. He will make tie appoint
ments sometime to MORROW or the day after.
Nearly every other delegate has besn urg-
ing the claims Of one or more of the appli
Giants for these positions and the Speaker
has been worried no little in bis Efforts to
please the majority Of the delegates in re
gard to this matter. The position of page
10 the House of Delegates seem ms 10 be kind
of starter for politician, as there are now
no less than Eve legislators, who. away
back n their boyhocd days, were pages in
the House.
The contested election case Of Ellis vs..
Houston for seat in the Senate from the
Roanoke district will be considered by the
committee, to which it was referred, to-
morrow afternoon. Senator Jones. If High
land, is the chairman Of this committee, and
he tells me that ii is quite probable that
sub. committee will be appointed to gather
I'D all the facts in The case. The contestant
and the contestee will each be represented
hy counsel. and it will take the committee q
week or so to get o! the bottom OF all the
facts
The committees Of the House OF Delegates
will be announced to morrow. The action
of TIE Speaker in regard TO this matter is
| locked forward to with considerable inter
est, as there are number OF Delegates who
are exceedingly anxious 10 serve upon GER
lsin committees. The committees 70! Courts
Of Justice and Finance are the most import
aut once, aud for the craftsmanship OF the
latter the fiieuds OF Col. Buford, Of Rich
mond, are urging bis appointment. Mr..
Pollard, of Kiog and Queen, was chairman
of the Finance Committee the last session,
ard he has every reason TO expect that he
will either ba reinstated at the head of this
committee Or be made chairman ofthe Com
mittee for Courts of Justice. There are ff-
teen or twenty Delegates who would like to
serve on the Committee on Railroads and
Internal Navigation.
The leaders in the House this year on the
republican side are DR.. Webb, of Rocking
uam. Co! VIM. c. Elan. of Louisa, Gel.
George a. Martin, Of Norfolk county, and
ex Judge Edmund Waddil. of Henrico.
Tho last named Delegate is the chief talker
on the republican side. and the frat day OF
the session his colleague, DR.. Webb. face
tiously declared that if Mr.. Waddill was
made Speaker the democrats would be no
more annoyed with Mr.. Waddill's ia
NOUS Old chestnut "NIr. Speaker" with
the accent on the kerr In this con,
nection it might be well 10 add that during the
session of 1885 Mr. Waddill called upon the
Speaker no less than six hundred and seventy
times This estimate was given me by Delegate
who has been Joking Mr.. Waddill in regard to his
craftsmanship. Col. Elan was the only Delegate
who took modified oath the day the Legislators
were sworn in. lie was compelled to do this, as
his disabilities had been removed after tho pass
age or adoption of tho ante. dueling cath.
Letters have tcen pouring in here to-day from
Danville in regard to tho bill looking to the cs
tablisbment OF a road from Danville to Bristol in
the interest of the Richmond and Danville sys
tenn. The Danyile people generally seem to re-
gard the proposed railroad charter as an eholt tc
scoop In the New River line. The bill has gone
to the clerk Of the Committee on Roads and will
not be considered for several days at least-cer.
tainly not TO-. morrow, as none of the House COM
mittees will be ready for work until Tuesday
should they be appointed tomorrow.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Governor
has urged in his message the abolishment of the
office of Fegister of Lands, the number of appli-
cants for that Office has not diminished. The
proposition to give the Second Auditor control oil
the records of the office OF Register of Lands has
been discussed and sgita;cd for six years at least
II looks now as if the recommendation of the
Governor will be carried out. b. p. O.